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West Midlands Police launches pub training project to protect LGBT+ community
West Midlands Police has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling sex offences in the gay community – and is urging licensed venues to back the scheme by ensuring staff are trained to help protect vulnerable customers. Officers from the force’s Public Protection Units are launching the campaign in the face of increasing sex attacks…
Drink And Draw returns to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery this month
After a long winter hibernation, it’s great to see the return of Simon Myer’s and Nigel John Hopkin’s mega successful Drink and Draw back again in the magnificent surroundings of the Edwardian Tearooms in Birmingham’s Museum & Art Gallery. And, this one is a kids’-friendly event for the first time too. So, no excuses not to come…
London set for new gay club amid declining LGBTQ+ nightlife
In an attempt to circumvent London’s steadily declining nightlife, it has been revealed that a brand-new gay club will be opening its doors later this spring. Expanding from the popular gay bar Circa and Circa Soho, the new club named ‘Circa the Club‘ will open at Hungerford House, next to Embankment tube station. With a…
10 things you didn’t know about Miss Birmingham Niamh Conway
Niamh Conway has been Miss Birmingham for a whole year. This time last March, the 22-year-old was an aspirational but shy university graduate who struggled with major confidence issues, before surprising herself and being crowned Miss Birmingham 2017/18. Fast forward a few weeks shy of 365 days and the former public relations worker from Sutton Coldfield has not…
Brummies miffed at lack of ‘Mom’ greeting cards for Mother’s Day
Brummies can be a proud bunch. While it may not always be clear for outsiders to see what Brum natives could be proud of, the locals can get pretty passionate about aspects of Birmingham history and heritage. Somewhere within the sometimes rightfully warranted and sometimes misplaced love of things such as Ozzy Osbourne, the Library of…
So fetch! A Mean Girls bottomless brunch party is coming to Birmingham
After selling out in New York City and London within hours, a Mean Girls themed brunch party is now hitting Birmingham – and it is “ever-so fetch!” The special bottomless brunch – inspired by the 2004 hit US teen comedy film starring Lindsay Lohan – will be aiming to ensure a day filled with “rainbows…
How a Birmingham lad used Calisthenics to shape up within months
Brummie Jacob John is quite the expert at more advanced Calisthenics, which is basically types of exercises that test, push and build a person’s physical strength using body weight. For most, this can be anything from push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups or aerobic resistance stretching. For others, like Jacob John, this can be anything from ‘swinging’ around on monkey bars,…
REVIEW: ‘The Restaurant’ Italian Eatery, Broadway Casino
What places come to mind when you think about eating out in Birmingham? Although it is not normally somewhere you would think of when going out to eat in the city, the food is excellent at the new Italian Restaurant based in Broadway Casino.
Stars to grace catwalk for charity as Elite Fashion Show returns to Birmingham
When you think fashion, you often think of Paris, Milan or even London, but all eyes will be on Birmingham this summer when models take to the catwalk on Sunday 25th June for the third annual Elite Fashion Show. Growing year on year, the prestigious event has attracted some of the world’s finest up-and-coming designers, as it raises thousands of pounds…